Dental CE Course: Pain Management

After completing this course, you'll be able to:

1. Define pain.

2. List at least 5 responses to the trauma of surgery.

3. Classify pain according its origin and duration.

4. Distinguish between acute and chronic pain.

5. Illustrate 3 pain measurement tools, and explain the process of pain assessment.

6. Dispel general misconceptions about pain and analgesics.

7. Distinguish between the analgesic actions of NSAIDs and opioids.

8. List 3 classes of opioid analgesics.

9. Describe the pharmacokinetics and use of opioid analgesics in the management of postoperative pain.

10. Discuss the nonpharmacologic approach to pain management and indicate 5 categories of patients for whom such an approach might be appropriate.